Herbaria

Family

Gramineae (Poaceae)

subfamily

Chloridoideae

Genus

Chloris Sw.

Species

Chloris gayana Kunth

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

Kunth

citation

Révis. Gramin. 1: 293, pl. 58 (1830)

herbariaSynonyms

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nn)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (11)

Habitat

woodlands, weed of cultivation, and waste places.

FlFrperiod

LifeForm

Hemicryptophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Dokhn دخن

EnglishName

rhodes grass

herbariaUses

fodder

GlobalDistribution

Tropical and S Africa

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Ibrahim, K., Hosni, H. and Peterson, P. 2016. Grasses of Egypt. Smithonian Contributoion to Botany no. 103

Cope, T. 2005. Gramineae in L. Boulos, Flora of Egypt, vol 4. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Cope, T. and Hosni, H.1991. A key to Egyptian grasses. Royal Botanic gardens, Kew. 75 pp

Tackholm, V; Tackholm, G. and Drar, M. 1941.Flora of Egypt.vol.1. Bull.Fac.Sci. no.17

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

El Hadidi, M.N.&Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Peterson P.,Hosni H. and Shamso E. 2020. A key to the grasses (Poaceae) of Egypt. Webbia 75(2): 329-353